Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | A £100m development featuring 800 homes in the West Midlands, which could create 1,550 jobs, has been given the thumbs up. Read More… |
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Neil Meredith, partner at EY, explains the funding challenges faced by entrepreneurs as they fight to achieve their growth ambitions. Read More… |
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An insurance and financial group has acquired a counterpart based in Staffordshire. Read More… |
Specialist print supplier Hague Group has acquired a West Midlands-based print management business. Read More… |
The government will not intervene in the sale of Johnston Press after it entered administration last year, according to newly published correspondence. Read More… |
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It’s only two weeks into 2019 and the business world is already moving quickly, especially in the Midlands. Overbury's Andrew Wood looks at five ways to make your office a better place for you and your employees in the year ahead. Read More… |
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A chief executive of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has been named. Read More… |
Industry regulator Ofgem has ordered the sale of about 30,000 accounts of energy customers to a Birmingham company after a counterpart ceased trading earlier month to be stopped. Read More… |
The deputy chairman of the Birmingham-headquartered listed company behind Patisserie Valerie has resigned with immediate effect. Read More… |
The man behind two drainage businesses with multimillion-pound turnovers has joined a Birmingham-headquartered company to help with its expansion plans. Read More… |
A Japanese logistics business has won a contract with Telford-based AGA Rangemaster. Read More… |
Revenues have slipped by more than £35m at BrightHouse due to stricter credit criteria, newly filed accounts have revealed. Chairman Henry Staunton said while the company had faced "many challenges" during the period it "overcame some significant hurdles on its journey back towards growth". Read More… |
Turnover and profits have grown at the UK distributor of Buckfast Tonic Wine, although the business warned profits will continue to be affected by sterling's weakened exchange rate with the Euro following the Brexit vote. Read More… |
Worcester is set to receive a share of £20m of new creative industries funding that could support the creation of more than 1,300 jobs. Read More… |
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A project worth more than £200m to create 770 apartments in Birmingham city centre, including a 27-storey tower, has been approved. Read More… |
The go-ahead has been given for a Shropshire brewery, which can trace its roots back to the 18th century and sells beer first made by Augustinian monks, to build a new pub and theatre in the county. Read More… |
A new vote is set to be held on phased plans to transform an industrial site in Solihull into almost 600 homes and a range of car dealerships after councillors voted to delay making a final decision on the application. Read More… |
A Wolverhampton warehouse has been snapped up by an engineering company for £1.5m. Read More… |
A new Lidi supermarket could be constructed in Staffordshire after plans were recommended for approval. Read More… |
A final decision on whether to transform a former Staples store in West Bromwich into an Aldi supermarket has been delayed. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | A Warwickshire-based accountancy firm has promoted a corporate finance specialist to its board of directors. Read More… |
A prominent Worcester bar and restaurant has been taken over by new owners. Read More… |
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Services & Guides | | Find an adviser to help you buy, sell or invest in a business. Read More… |
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